I am considering an upgrade from a Fermonster plastic fermenter to a stainless steel fermenter with a conical bottom, and wanted opinions from more experienced brewers regarding the pros/cons of the specific system I am considering. Here is some back ground information and my goals in brewing:
I am the only beer drinker in the house, and drink only one bottle per day. I like to rotate through a variety of beers and don't want to drink the same one multiple days in a row. To me this suggests that I will not want to keg my beer, but will bottle it and that I will mostly focus on 2.5 gallon batches with an occasional 5 gallon batch of a favorite. To make bottling faster and reduce the chance of priming error, I would like to carbonate (forced or natural carbonation) in my new fermenter and bottle directly from the fermenter. This has me looking at either the Spike Brewing Flex+ or Spike Brewing 5 gallon conical fermenter. I am leaning towards the full conical fermenter because it allows me to drop the trub and yeast before bottling and opens the door to yeast harvesting. Does this make sense? Will using the 5 gallon conical fermenter be difficult with smaller 2.5 gallon batches? What are some negatives with this setup that I should consider? Other recommended options?
Thanks
I am the only beer drinker in the house, and drink only one bottle per day. I like to rotate through a variety of beers and don't want to drink the same one multiple days in a row. To me this suggests that I will not want to keg my beer, but will bottle it and that I will mostly focus on 2.5 gallon batches with an occasional 5 gallon batch of a favorite. To make bottling faster and reduce the chance of priming error, I would like to carbonate (forced or natural carbonation) in my new fermenter and bottle directly from the fermenter. This has me looking at either the Spike Brewing Flex+ or Spike Brewing 5 gallon conical fermenter. I am leaning towards the full conical fermenter because it allows me to drop the trub and yeast before bottling and opens the door to yeast harvesting. Does this make sense? Will using the 5 gallon conical fermenter be difficult with smaller 2.5 gallon batches? What are some negatives with this setup that I should consider? Other recommended options?
Thanks